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In networking, what is the purpose of a subnet mask?

A To encrypt network traffic
B To block unauthorized network access by stopping all incoming traffic from a network ID
C To assign dynamic IP addresses to devices
D To identify which portion of an IP address is the network ID and which is the host ID
E To translate domain names to IP addresses
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